Media station is a

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regional rail station in

Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania Upper Providence Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, located around and to the north of the borough of Media, and approximately west of center city Philadelphia. The population was 10,142 at the 2010 census. ...

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. It serves the

Media/Wawa Line The Media/Wawa Line is a SEPTA Regional Rail service that runs from Center City, Philadelphia, Center City Philadelphia west to Wawa Station, Wawa in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Delaware County. It uses the West Chester Branch, which connects ...

, the former

Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad ( reporting mark PRR), legal name as the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy," was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its ...

(PRR) West Chester Line. It is located at 301 Media Station Road (Orange Street and Station Road). The station includes a 231-space parking lot. In 2013, this station saw 692 boardings and 533 alightings on an average weekday. Media station was built in 1960 by the PRR and is located several blocks away from Media–Orange Street station, the terminus of the Route 101 line. However, no direct connection exists between the station and the trolley stop.

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spoke at the Media station in 1912 during his first election campaign.

Station layout

Media has two low-level

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

s with a connecting pathway across the tracks.

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Orange Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
SEPTA Regional Rail stations Stations on the West Chester Line Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations Railway stations in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Railway stations in the United States opened in 1854 1854 establishments in Pennsylvania {{SEPTA-stub